Head of Payments

Key Responsibilities • Lead the company's overall strategy, growth, and day-to-day operations across product, commercial, and partnerships functions. • Build and scale relationships with banks, merchants, and financial institutions to grow transaction volume and market share. • Own the payments product roadmap, ensuring it meets merchant, customer, and regulatory needs. • Drive customer and merchant acquisition, revenue growth, and overall commercial performance. • Navigate and maintain compliance within Saudi Arabia's evolving payments regulatory environment (SAMA). • Build and lead a high-performing team across product, operations, business development, and partnerships. • Represent the company externally with banks, regulators, investors, and strategic partners. • Set the vision for the company's next stage of growth and execute against it. Requirements • Hands-on experience in payments, fintech, digital banking, or a closely related field (longer experience considered for exceptional candidates). • Demonstrated experience in one or more of: Electronic Payments, Payment Gateway, Merchant Acquiring, Digital Payments, Payment Services, or Digital Banking. • Proven track record leading a team, project, or business unit. • Strong commercial and product mindset, understands revenue, growth, customers, and partnerships. • Genuine ambition and readiness to step into an Executive-level role and grow with the company. Technical Skills • Payments & Product: Electronic Payments, Payment Gateway, Merchant Acquiring, Digital Payments, Payment Products • Business: Partnerships with Banks / Financial Institutions, Business Development, Growth Strategy • Regulatory: Familiarity with SAMA payments regulations • FinTech: General FinTech and Digital Banking exposure Show more Show less